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Research Journal: March 2015

By Albert Kane posted on April 1, 2015 | Posted in Education
Researchers in Vienna examined the utility of using heart rate and heart rate variability to estimate the degree of pain felt by 12 horses with clinically obvious laminitis compared to five unaffected control horses. In addition, heart rates were compared to the Obel pain scale, historically used to describe the severity of laminitis pain where “1” is used for horses that shift their weight from one foot to another while standing or are lame only at a trot and “4” is used for horses that are very reluctant or refuse to move.
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Managing Navicular Syndrome In Horses

January 8, 2014 | Posted in Anatomy
A short, choppy stride; standing with one foot pointed ahead of the other; forefoot lameness that’s easily seen on hard ground or when the horse is moving on a circle; increased stumbling. These are all common signs in a horse with navicular syndrome, defined as discomfort in the front heel area related to pain around the navicular bone or the tendons and other structures in the navicular area.
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Treating Soft-Tissue Injuries

Farriers play an important team role in preventing, treating and rehabilitating damages of this kind that lame numerous horses
By Christy Corp-Minamiji DMV posted on December 1, 2011 | Posted in Anatomy
Although farriery overtly deals with the structures of the hoof capsule, a farrier may be involved with soft tissue injuries of the limb at any stage — from identification through rehabilitation. The term “soft tissue” technically includes any tissue that is not bone or horn: nerve, blood vessels, skin, subcutis, muscle, tendon, ligament, joint capsule, bursa, cartilage or fat.
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Last Of The Ligaments — Sort Of

There are actually many more, but these seven wrap up this look at the ligaments most important for shoers
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2007 | Posted in Anatomy

This is the last of the ligament series, but it is not the last of the ligaments that exist in the horse’s leg. Serious students can take their studies well beyond these anatomy articles, but this will finish the basics of the ligaments my students must master.


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STUMP FOOT

Dealing with a 'Stump Foot'

Club foot is a human condition that is not comparable to the condition in a horse, maintains this veteran hoof researcher
By James R. Rooney posted on March 1, 2007 | Posted in Diseases

There’s an abundance, if yet not very helpful, literature on the Web and elsewhere on so-called “club foot” in horses.


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